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Definition of Belgian Congo
1. Noun. A republic in central Africa; achieved independence from Belgium in 1960.
Generic synonyms: African Country, African Nation
Terms within: Goma, Kananga, Luluabourg, Kinshasa, Leopoldville, Elisabethville, Lubumbashi, Nyamuragira, Nyiragongo, Congo, Congo River, Zaire River, Kasai, Kasai River, River Kasai, Kivu, Lake Kivu, Lake Edward
Group relationships: Africa
Member holonyms: Chiluba, Luba, Congolese, Zairean, Zairese
Derivative terms: Zairean
Definition of Belgian Congo
1. Proper noun. The former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1908 to 1960. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Belgian Congo
Literary usage of Belgian Congo
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1911)
"Having recently spent two years in the Belgian Congo for the Societe Internationale
Forestiere et ... The Belgian Congo lies in southwestern Central Africa, ..."
2. The New Larned History for Ready Reference, Reading and Research: The Actual by Josephus Nelson Larned, Augustus Hunt Shearer (1922)
"The customs yield to the Belgian Congo is not much larger than that of Sierra
... Before the war, the Belgian Congo was run by a staff of Europeans of many ..."
3. Intervention and Colonization in Africa by Norman Dwight Harris (1914)
"... TO THE Belgian Congo RUMORS of the misgovernment of the Congo State and of
the ill-treatment of the natives were not lacking in European circles. ..."
4. Education in Africa: A Study of West, South, and Equatorial Africa by the by Thomas Jesse Jones (1922)
"I. ECONOMIC AND SOCIOLOGICAL BACKGROUND Belgian Congo is the vast inland colony
of Central Africa. Its area of 910000 square miles is eighty times that of ..."
5. Handbook of French and Belgian Protestantism by Louise (Seymour) Houghton (1919)
"In Algeria the Baptists also have a few missionary stations connected with their
work among Spanish- speaking people. The Belgian Congo Missionary Society ..."
6. On the Gorilla Trail by Mary Hastings Bradley (1922)
"CHAPTER IV IN THE Belgian Congo FEOM ELIZABETHVILLE DOWN THE L UAL ABA ...
TANGANYIKA WE entered the Belgian Congo on September 10, at ten-thirty at night, ..."
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